Vampire Academy by Richelle Mead Jessica’s Guide to Dating on the Dark Side by Beth Fantaskey The Reformed Vampire Support Group by Catherine Jinks Otherworldlies by Jennifer Anne Kogler

CHARACTERS WITH COOL POWERS

The Vendico by Wesley King Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs Hourglass by Myra McEntire Carrier of the Mark by Leigh Fallon

ALIENS

Where the Rock Splits the Sky by Philip WebbI am Number Four by Pittacus Lore The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams Shades of Earth by Beth Revis 2001: A Space Odyssey by Arthur C. Clarke

WITCHES

Once a Witch by Carolyn MacCullough Hex Hall by Rachel Hawkins Invisible World by Suzanne Weyn

Immortality, meet harsh reality. Both of you, this is Nastasya. I have a feeling there will be some conflicts between the three of you.

With her party life seemingly behind her, 459 year old Nasty find herself back at River’s Edge, aka rehab for immortals.

(Okay, I’m boring myself to tears with the yadda yadda summery. You don’t really give a crap, so let’s just cut to the chase, shall we? ~Lexibex)

Nastasya is yet another example of smart ass done right. The world needs more of that and less of the rainbows and thunderstorms that makes characters seem all fake-like. Yeah, hello, there is more than just two types of people out there… I have never met someone that is either super perky or mega depressed 24/7. Nastasya shows us both sides of the mood coin with her witty remarks, understandable frustrations, and occasionally flirtatious attitude towards a particularly yummy former Viking.

Aside from how fantabulous I think Nastasya is, there is this wicked awesome battle scene near the end. I won’t give away any spoilers, but I was sitting there thinking OMG and DIE DIE DIE EVIL DUDE!!! while reading it.

It is pretty much impossible to put into words how I felt after the last page this looks awful close to summing it up:

Not so old news: Her mom just married her now ex-boyfriend’s dad and her two best friends are suddenly going all Word War III on each other.

Awkward just got vamped.

It took me a little while to sink my teeth into this one. The story opens by explaining the boyfriend gone stepbrother ordeal, which was a pretty good opening for a book that I won’t be calling a new favorite.

The best part of this book (and its sequel, Love Sucks) is the vampire and magic myths. Francis created a well thought out way of explaining vampires and a little something else that I can’t tell you without spoiling the story. AJ’s adventures are detailed enough to fully explain it while still giving the reader’s mind a little space to roam. I liked that.

AJ has a good dose of southern charm, but at times her voice seems a little extreme and a tat bit annoying. This gets better in Love Sucks.

Overall, Bite Me didn’t totally suck (pun intended). I thought the sequel was way better, but both provide romance, mystery, and a ton of slightly stereotypical vampire fun.